Pittsburgh’s Bishop Price reflects on the road ahead
October 18, 2009
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Pittsburgh’s Provisional Bishop Kenneth L. Price offered counsel for a diocese struggling to rebound.
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Will women defect from the C of E?
October 18, 2009
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The strong possibility of individuals, or even whole congregations, defecting seems to have been clarified in light of decisions announced this week.
Arts Inspire Action, says Obama
October 18, 2009
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President Obama declares October Arts & Humanities Month
Sunday Social Hour
October 18, 2009
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The weekly roundup of social media responses to our posts. Twitter has been quiet this week, although we’ve seen plenty of retweets from our followers, and Facebook has seen some lively conversation about the merits or lack thereof of Rick Warren’s books, among other things.
400 years after condemning him as a heretic, Vatican hosts an exhibit on Galileo
October 18, 2009
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Thanks to a long turnaround by the Vatican on his work, the 17th-century astronomer now has an exhibit in his honor.
A plea to Bishop Alexander in compiling a new hymnal
October 18, 2009
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First, restore the hymnody of the Daily Office to the place that it deserves in our life of worship. Second, establish a commission uniting skilled linguists and liturgical poets to create the new definitive Modern English translations of these texts. Third, whatever works this commission produces—do not copyright them.
The prayer of mindfulness
October 18, 2009
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Converting spoken prayer to doing prayer may start with the need to accompany words by moving the body: bowing again and again while reading Torah, my kneeling and standing in church, a nun bending to light votive candles, an elderly couple raising their hands and arms during praise, or your walking through the dark, ferny woods as you recite the Jesus prayer.
You may already be doing prayer.
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